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Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Homemade Hot Cocoa

I love cookbooks.

I have a lot of cookbooks, and recipe magazines, and recipes clipped from magazines. And we won't even talk about the hundreds of recipes I've pinned on Pinterest. If I made a new recipe every day for the rest of my life, I would never get through them all. It's interesting how cookbooks have changed over the years. The newest ones suck me in with their amazing photography, and the storytelling that accompanies the recipes. I could sit and read one just for the enjoyment of it. Older cookbooks were usually just another kitchen tool. No stories, no photos, just recipes. It was one of those older cookbooks that I turned to when I needed a good recipe for homemade hot cocoa after my kids spent over an hour outside shovelling snow.

We keep the instant hot cocoa packets in the cupboard, for the kids to make for themselves, but this time I wanted to make a large amount - and I always prefer real ingredients over processed convenience items.

Milk, cream, cocoa, salt, and vanilla. That's it.

It was a little bit more work than putting on the kettle to boil, but oh so worth it. This is a very rich and chocolately hot cocoa recipe.

Homemade Hot Cocoa

1 cup cocoa ( I used half regular cocoa and half dark cocoa)

1 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp sea salt

1 1/2 cups water

4 cups milk

2 cups half and half cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

Sift together cocoa, sugar, and salt over a large pot. Add water and whisk until smooth, bringing to a boil over medium high heat. Simmer for a few minutes until slightly thickened, whisking constantly. Slowly stir in milk and cream and continue heating until scalded. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and serve.

Oh my gosh this looks amazing! I make my kids hot cocoa every morning, even my 16 month old can say cocoa and begs for it LOL I will have to make this recipe, it sounds delish. I linked over from the weekend blog party at Sincerely, Paula & I'm glad I found your blog!http://www.glamgranolageek.com/6-essential-supplies-breastfeeding/

Ooh that sounds PERFECT right about now. I love the idea of adding sea salt to hot cocoa! So glad I found you on the Real Food Recipes link up. If you get a chance, I'd love it if you stopped by my blog sometime. Happy holidays :)

Sounds tasty! We put one chopped chocolate = 100 grams (some of the bitter kind, with 50% cocoa in it) in one liter of boiling milk, stir and that's it! Tasty and creamy. Kids also like to put somoe whipped cream over it ;-)

I sure could use some hot cocoa right this minute! Brrr..This recipe sounds so good! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Whatsits :) If you have a moment to visit me over on my blog, I'd love it! Have a great day!

I recently made some "real" hot chocolate for my parents, and they were surprised at how much better it tasted. (Of course no random fillers and ingredients tastes better!) I'm looking forward to trying your recipe too. :) Thanks for stopping by and sharing this recipe with us - you're featured this week on Five Friday Finds! I'm looking forward to what you share this week. :)

Hey, just found your site through Carol's Chatter! I have always wanted to make my own hot cocoa, and I agree that as convenient as store-bought items are, they just aren't ever the same as the satisfaction and deliciousness of making something from scratch.

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About Me

So many things capture my interest and I love, in no particular order, taking photos, cooking a great meal for my crew, drinking coffee, staying up late reading, being a hockey and soccer mama, fresh linens, snow days, a clean kitchen, vanilla candles, scrapbooking, lazy days at the beach, and finding the magic in everyday things with my large family of eight!